Softball Splits Saturday Contests at Towson Tiger Invite

The Central Connecticut State softball team split a pair of contests at the Towson Tiger Invite on Saturday. CCSU won its first game of the day, 4-0, over Coppin State, but fell to Towson, 8-0.

GAME INFORMATION |  BOX SCORE
Score: CCSU 4, Coppin State 0
Pitching Record: W: Hamilton (3-1) | L: Hyde (0-1) | Save: - -
Records: CCSU (3-5), CSU (1-5)
Location: Tiger Softball Stadium | Towson, MD

KEY MOMENTS

• Central took the lead in the bottom of the first with two runs. Ashlyn Desaulniers led off with a single and moved to third on two groundouts. Grace Lawton doubled to drive in the opening run, before Stella Gasper followed with a single to make it 2-0.
• CCSU tacked on runs in the second and fifth innings. Morgan Goodspeed would score on an RBI-groundout by Desaulniers in the second inningto make it 3-0. In the fifth inning, Lawton doubled in Ava Cino to close out the scoring.
• Liz Hamilton tossed a complete-game shutout, allowing just four hits, while striking out six hitters.

GAME INFORMATION |  BOX SCORE
Score: CCSU 0, Towson  8 – 6 innings
Pitching Record: W: Trombley (6-3) | L: Granate (0-2) | Save: - -
Records: CCSU (3-6), Towson (12-7)
Location: Tiger Softball Stadium | Towson, MD

KEY MOMENTS

• Leah Mears hit a leadoff homer for Towson in the bottom of the first inning. The Tigers added an RBI single in the third and a two-run double in the fourth to push the lead to 4-0
• CCSU would have 11 straight hitters retired before Desaulniers led off the sixth with a single. CCSU would put runners on the corners before Towson got out of the inning.
• In the bottom of the sixth, Towson hit three doubles to drive in four runs and end the contest.

NOTES

• Desaulniers had three hits on the day, with a run and RBI. She had two hits against Towson.
• Lawton had two doubles and two RBIs against Coppin State.
• CCSU collected eight hits in the win against CSU.

UP NEXT

• The Blue Devils play UMass Lowell at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday.

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